Part One of Two Episodes.
When Joe Biden was running for President of the United States, he made an interesting comment once. And I mean… That as long as Joe Biden has been a politician… that he has said Exactly ONE interesting comment. He said that:
"Those who say 'the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of patriots' — a great line, well, guess what: The fact is, if you’re going to take on the government you need an F-15 with Hellfire Missiles. There is no way an AK-47 is going to take care of you."
Now. I hate besmirching the good name of honorable Joe Biden… who they say fairly, and totally legitimately got more votes than Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
No, I’m not going to point out the fact that F-15’s don’t operate Hellfire Missiles. No, I’m not going to point out that when he said that there’s no way an AK-47 is going to take care of you… That the US Government withdrew from Afghanistan where after 20 years, the mighty US Military (that I may have been a part of) could not in the end, dominate a population of people, carrying yes… AK47’s.
If only 3% of Americans decided to ignore the government, that’s 30 to 35 Million people choosing to ignore the government. The US Government wouldn’t have enough resources to force compliance among that many individual people.
The government can’t know where all those people are. It can’t track down 30 to 35 million people. And most definitely, they wouldn’t be able to fight that many people within the country. There is too much land to cover, too many resources to be protected, and too many targets to defend. The US Government would be wholly unable to be everywhere that could be attacked.
Today we’re talking about that big beast sitting in the corner of the room. Its sitting there and it is the one reason, One day that big beast will be directed to get off of its ass and help the US Federal Government.
Now. Maybe you feel it. Maybe you see it coming. You’ve probably asked yourself the question because you see the vulnerability of Government.
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